elongating
present participle ofelongate
| 单词 | elongating |
| 释义 | elongating present participle ofelongate elongate verb[IorT] uk/ˈiː.lɒŋ.ɡeɪt/us/ɪˈlɑːŋ.ɡeɪt/tobecomeor make somethingbecomelonger, and oftenthinner: Thecellselongate as they take inwater. Synonym stretch Compare lengthen Becoming bigger
Examplesofelongatingelongating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In theelongatingblastocyst (day 13) fibronectin was found between the trophectoderm and endoderm cells. From theCambridge English Corpus Many plant species respond to shade byelongatingthe main stem and repressing lateral branch outgrowth so as to outgrow competitors and capture more sunlight. From theCambridge English Corpus When the fluid is released, it slides down the plane under gravity in the form of anelongatingand thinning sheet. From theCambridge English Corpus If the signs were multimorphemic,elongatingthe prosody would function to allow the child more time to assemble the word. From theCambridge English Corpus The late-stage spermatid used was oval shaped, which suggested that it was anelongatingor elongated spermatid. From theCambridge English Corpus The mitochondria differentiate structurally byelongatingand becoming denser and crescent-shaped to surround the axoneme under the forming coarse fibres. From theCambridge English Corpus Rhizome elongation ceases andelongatingnutsedge leaves become trapped beneath the clear film. From theCambridge English Corpus The force of theelongatingradicle against the intact layer pushed the embryo, cotyledon end first, out through the opening at the cotyledon end of the seed. From theCambridge English Corpus Developmental potential ofelongatingand elongated spermatids obtained after in-vitro maturation of isolated round spermatids. From theCambridge English Corpus The cells appeared limited by the available space and could be seenelongatingalong the base of the suckers and frequently overlapped by radial muscles (fig. 1). From theCambridge English Corpus The use of seeds for studying the hormonal control of cell expansion growth at germination was therefore no improvement upon the growing pea stem or theelongatingcoleoptile. From theCambridge English Corpus This may be due to a compaction of the nucleus and/or a deviation caused by calculating the density on the small area ofelongatingnuclei. From theCambridge English Corpus We have now shown that the similarity solution for the bulk of theelongatingsheet of fluid can be satisfactorily matched with edge regions in which surface tension is important. From theCambridge English Corpus The closure of small enterprises may increase risks byelongatingjourneys and adding to the complexity of the food chain process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has certainly been my experience that transitional difficulties are not generally eased byelongatingthe period of transition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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